The power of enthusiasm in collaborative innovation: a case study of the power of individual action in the establishment of a local medical centre in Norway by Siv Magnussen

“…Moreover, it illustrates that the power of such enthusiastic individuals is an important driving force in innovational processes.…”
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Communicating with Local Elected Officials by Ricky W. Telg, Shelli Rampold

“…Elected officials at the local, state, and national levels create policies and laws that can impact the agricultural and natural resources (ANR) sector in Florida. This publication (a) discusses how county commissioners prepare to vote on ANR policies, (b) identifies factors that impact county commissioners’ decision-making about ANR policy decisions, (c) identifies sources county commissioners’ use to gather ANR information, and (d) discusses how information from Extension faculty and other individuals can be presented to effectively inform elected officials on important ANR topics, explain complex processes, and educate them about Extension programs. …”
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Gaining Knowledge through Understanding Distress and Positive Factors in Social Environments by Petrič Karl

“…This research examines the opinions of public sector representatives regarding the distress they experience in everyday life. …”
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Communicating with Local Elected Officials by Ricky W. Telg, Shelli Rampold

“…Elected officials at the local, state, and national levels create policies and laws that can impact the agricultural and natural resources (ANR) sector in Florida. This publication (a) discusses how county commissioners prepare to vote on ANR policies, (b) identifies factors that impact county commissioners’ decision-making about ANR policy decisions, (c) identifies sources county commissioners’ use to gather ANR information, and (d) discusses how information from Extension faculty and other individuals can be presented to effectively inform elected officials on important ANR topics, explain complex processes, and educate them about Extension programs. …”
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Avaliação e qualidade no novo Plano Nacional de Educação: avanços e possíveis retrocessos? by Fabiana Alvarenga Filipe, Regiane Helena Bertagna

“…It was established, from the analysis, that the new National Education Plan presents a bias in marketing logics character (based in the neoliberal ideology) relating the education quality with such statistical indicators (as, for example, the Basic Education Development Index – Ideb), restricting the education quality in quantitative results and products, disregarding the processes and expanding the concept of public education with the inclusion of the private sector. …”
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Implementing supply chain partnering in the construction industry by Marieke Venselaar, Vincent Gruis, Fenne Verhoeven

“… Although much research has been conducted about advantages and challenges for supply chain partnering (SCP) in the construction sector, focus has been mostly on formal aspects of implementation within organizations. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE OUTPUTS OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM WITH AGRICULTURAL PROFILE BASED ON ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TASKS FOR SUSTAINABLE RURA... by Alina CARADJA

“…As result of the data processing, a number of problems were deduced regarding the transfer of the quality of the outputs of the vocational education system with an agricultural profile in the performance of the agricultural production sector and, implicitly, the sustainable development at enterprise level.…”
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Normalization as a dynamic for reducing resource-intensive food consumption: concept, empirical traces, and policy implications by Bente Halkier, Morten Wendler

“…Discussions about changing consumption into more sustainable patterns have begun to identify normalization processes as a possible dynamic to drive less resource-intensive practices. …”
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EVALUATION OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN TOUR AGENTS BRANCH - NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK by Minko GEORGIEV, Boryana IVANOVA, Ivanka DIMITROVA

“…The activity of the tour agents (TA), part of the tourism sector of Bulgaria in the period 2005 - 202 , was a subject of the study. …”
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PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN ENTERPRISES WITHIN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX by Sergey Vladimirovich DOKHOLYAN, Rustam Alievich YALMAEV, Marina Viktorovna POSTNOVA, Ilgizya Muzyakievna DOLGOVA, Ramazan Abdulmuminovich NABIYEV

“…But studies show that when it comes to tourism, globalization is the element that has most influenced the development of this sector. Through tourism, there is the possibility of recreation, sports, rehabilitation, business, religious, scientific and intellectual: new experiences, perceptions and knowledge. …”
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Contribution of Services to Economic Development by Laurentiu Tachiciu

“…There are substantial differences between countries and regions of the world in the development of services sector, the share of tertiary activities in both output and employment being higher in strong industrialized economies, but growing rapidly in developing and transition economies as well. …”
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Political Connections and Tax Avoidance by Sherin Tjahyadi, Verani Carolina

“…This study used regression panel data processed using Eviews 12. Findings - the results showed that political connections affect tax avoidance. …”
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Searching for eclipsing binaries in the GSFC-Eleanor-Lite database. by Andy Teng

“…This paper presents the discovery of 66 new eclipsing binaries using a 2-algorithm data pipeline from sector 3 of the GSFC-eleanor-lite database. This database, which contains eleanor- processed full-frame image light curves, was analyzed with a pipeline consisting of two algorithms: ECLIPSR and BLS. …”
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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE CULTIVATION OF LAVENDER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL by Andrei ZBANCA, Igor BALAN, Vasile URÂTU

“…Based on the research and analysis carried out, strategic conclusions were formulated for the sustainable development of the lavender branch, necessary for the implementation by the actors of the value chains in the sector. The final conclusion of the group of authors boils down to: lavender culture is highly profitable, the production processes are fully mechanized and it is a payment with increased resistance to drought (in dry years the quality of the essential oil is higher), which is extremely important in conditions of climate resilience and it is recommended to be practiced for small farmers to diversify incomes in rural areas.…”
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GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY POLICY by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

“…The conclusions and recommendations refer to the premises and prospects of green public procurement for the promotion of the circular economy, also with reference to the agro-industrial field as a priority sector.…”
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HUNGARY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE FIRST DECADE (2004-2014) by I. V. Kryuchkov

“…Hungary achieved the greatest success in the development of mechanical engineering, other knowledge-intensive branches of industrial production, services sector and tourism. The difficulties of adaptationof Hungarian economy to new conditions that led to significant social outgoings are emphasized in the material.The crisis phenomena appeared in agriculture and traditional sectors of industry of the country (food, textile, metallurgy, mining). …”
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FRUIT CONSUMPTION IN ROMANIA (2017-2019) by Radu Lucian PÂNZARU, Dragoș Mihai MEDELETE, Diana Marina SORA

“…It can be appreciated that it is necessary to revive the fruit sector and the processing industry, as prerequisites for increasing fruit consumption in Romania.…”
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SUSTAINABILITY, COMPETITIVITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS BIOECONOMY - TULCEA COUNTY CASE STUDY by Steliana RODINO

“…Agriculture is well represented and it may become a cornerstone for food processing industry, boosting the economic progress. …”
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